Destination Ukraine–What will you be doing?–video

“What will you be doing there?” is the question I answer almost every time I tell someone I’m going on a mission trip to Ukraine. The short answer – we will be working with New Hope Center, a Christian ministry to graduated orphans in the region where Sasha is from. We will be doing construction on one of the group homes where their Trade School students live. The realistic answer – none of us will know until we get there.

I’m so excited to be partnering with this ministry that I started praying for… before I even knew it existed. It’s so awesome to have learned about this ministry that God has been developing for years before I even knew about this region.

New Hope Center’s trade school just finished it’s very first year of educating and training orphans for a practical career in dairy farming. One thing that I don’t think we have emphasized enough when sharing about our trip is that this is the very first trade school of its kind in Ukraine. It is the only accredited non-government trade school in the whole country. This is huge. It’s a huge miracle that they have received all the approvals and favor from government officials which makes everything possible… because there are innumerable barriers – foreseen and unforeseen – that could have prevented this from happening.

I think this video is the best way to get a glimpse at what we will be doing. It’s awesome to see the land we will be exploring, the buildings we will be visiting, the people we will be working with, and the orphans who will be touched by our work!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support! My dad and I leave TODAY and will arrive in Ukraine tomorrow afternoon! Stay tuned for more updates!